Which instrument?

[seclipse21]

Does anyone know which instrument/s (it actually sounds like a zither and a flute instrument) this www.pas.rochester.edu/~wuzhe/mp3/chinese/yqwd.mp3 is played on?

[davidmdahl]

seclipse21 said:

Does anyone know which instrument/s (it actually sounds like a zither and a flute instrument) this www.pas.rochester.edu/~wuzhe/mp3/chinese/yqwd.mp3 is played on?

You are hearing a guqin (qin) and xiao. The xiao is an end-blown flute similar in concept to a shakuhachi, the Japanese end-blown flute. The paring of guqin and xiao is quite popular and lovely.

Best wishes,

David

[Charlie Huang]

I can't hear no xiao/flute (actually, never heard a qin and xiao GLS duet, it's meant to be qin solo). Are you confusing the harmonic bits with the sound of a flute?

[davidmdahl]

admin said:

I can't hear no xiao/flute (actually, never heard a qin and xiao GLS duet, it's meant to be qin solo). Are you confusing the harmonic bits with the sound of a flute?

You're listening to a different file than the one I am citing. GLS from the locked thread is qin solo. but yqwd.mp3 (Yu Qiao Wen Da) is qin with xiao.

The two files are:

www.pas.rochester.edu/~wuzhe/mp3/chinese/gls.mp3 Guqin
www.pas.rochester.edu/~wuzhe/mp3/chinese/yqwd.mp3 Guqin with xiao

Best wishes,

David

[Charlie Huang]

Oh... FGS will people follow forum protocol and post the same topic in one thread please!

The YQWD sounds better than the GLS one; the playing and rhythm is much more smoother.

[SCWGuqin]

Hah, the GLS is by Wang Huade, one of my favorite "weird/undiscovered masters". He's an old guy from Sichuan who plays in the most drunken, random, but oddly focused and spiritual fashion. A perfect embodiment of the qin's commitment to individualism and exploration "fang wai" (outside the square).